It's going…

Off my previous list, I sort of got 2/3 done. Ordered tires, they are on backorder. Completed SMOG.

6/11/21



So took the car back for smog. Pretty much only put the car back together enough so that I could drive around the neighborhood to get the monitors ready.

First time I drove it in a long ass time. Car felt great other than the suspension which is shit lol But I sold my suspension. A story for later in the future…

Serenity finally gets to meet Aspen



Was modding the M240i while doing my smog drives concurrently. I didn't have any stickers, so it took god damn forever to get the monitors ready driving around in the neighborhood. My area is full of cops

You can follow the M240i progress here if you're bored:
Sillieidiot's...er...SamBam's M240i progress thread

6/17/21

Then I went to smog, monitors ready but they were giving me shit about the silicone intake hoses. I passed smog with it last time so wtf? Whatever, ended up buying some cheap aftermarket ones off amazon for like $20 and installing it.



Honestly, I was like how TF did we install it. I was having a hard time taking them off for some reason.

6/21/21

So all of my pillars were bad. I mean they were decent, but leaving it at Waynes, after awhile they were just got worse somehow. Same with my headliner. It's sagging now, totally didn't do that before I dropped it off. But it was inevitable.

We didn't even put the pillars all back in cause it was bad. So I ended up going with Wayne's suggestion and going to New Line Upholstery.



Got a quote from Jesse, and decided to go ahead and get it done. The fabric that I was going for is more like what comes in the newer BMWs. It's a more padded fabric with a little more texture. It's also darker cause it's actually black instead of a dark grey/charcoal. I chose it over alcantara because I don't like the nap not being uniform, plus the fact that I drive the E46 with my windows down, so it's harder to take care of/clean.

6/25/21

Picked up the car. They did a great job. It looks good. The part that I didn't like mainly was how the A pillars were done. In trying to keep that stupid little plastic piece that covers the screws, it bulged out because the fabric is thicker. I sent it back to the drawing board.
Just a quick picture while the car was there, really just to update this thread lol





Still working on what to do with the visors. Mines really dirty so they were like a few shades lighter. I'm planning to clean it up to see if it's a better match. If not, then just dye it or something.



7/2/21

Jesse and his team came back with an even better solution for the pillars. And I loved how it came out

So what they came back with was to wrap the whole entire thing. No more strip. I didn't want it anyways, don't have to clean between the cracks and no ABS logo. It's cleaner IMO.





I know, not the best pictures. Also, don't even mention the cracking vinyl LOL

Another attempted shot of the rear.



I'm starting to collect parts for the E46 to get it ready for the SC. Dunno when the rear bumper will be done though. I'm not pressing too hard though. I got other shit to deal with for now.